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Why Your Candidate Turned Down Your Offer (And How to Prevent It)

After investing time and effort, you finally found “the one.” The perfect person for the job.

Then things take a surprising turn when your candidate declines your offer – prompting flashbacks to when your high school crush turned down your invitation to the prom.

The race for talent is on. In today’s candidate-driven market, competition is fierce and hiring managers are seeing more rejected job offers than previous years. Why? Below are the four most common reasons, according to a survey from CareerBuilder, along with ways you can increase your offer acceptance rate.

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